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About Baihar Village

Baihar is a mid sized village in Karwi tehsil, in the district of Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,461, made up of 768 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 383.11 hectares hectares.

Baihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baihar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chitrakoot
Tehsil Karwi
Area (hectares) 383.11 hectares
Population 1,461
Male Population 768
Female Population 693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Baihar compares

By the 2011 count Baihar is the 156th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents. Its 383.11 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Baihar

Baihar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baihar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baihar from other places

Baihar lies about 25 km from Chitrakoot, and the nearest railway station is Chitrakut Dham Karwi, about 24 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Baihar
Nearest railway station Chitrakut Dham Karwi 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Karwi 25 km
District headquarters Chitrakoot 25 km
Nearest town Chitrakoot Dham 25 km

Villages closest to Baihar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karwi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Baihar

As per the Census of India 2011, Baihar village had a population of 1,461. That makes it the 156th largest of the 386 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,622 residents.

Baihar village has 768 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baihar has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Baihar covers 383.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baihar falls under Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baihar is Chitrakut Dham Karwi, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baihar.

Baihar is about 25 km from Chitrakoot in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baihar is in Karwi tehsil of Chitrakoot district. Chitrakut Dham Karwi is about 24 km away. Karwi is about 25 km away. Chitrakoot is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basahar (under 2 km), Pilakhini (under 2 km) and Darsenda (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baihar today is likely to be higher.

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